Taking a break
Last weekend I took time for myself. It was good. This year I had only 4,5 days
off. Any other day I was doing
ministry. As ministers we need to learn
how to take care of ourselves. We cannot
work, work and work. This is not healthy.
Many of us, ministers, teach balance but we ourselves don’t live a balanced
life style.
I look at the great spiritual leaders: Buddha, Jesus, Mohomet,
Francis of Assisi, Ignatius, John of the Cross, Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai Lama, John
Paul II, etc. They all taught a lot of
people but they also spent time with themselves and with some higher
reality. We cannot just give and give
and give without receiving and spending time with the things/persons that give
us life.
Balance means that I have (1) time to work, (2) time to spend
with family and friends, (3) time for being with me, (4) and time for being
with God. Four pillars – an image of
chair.
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